ALL politicians are disgusting pieces of crap!

Originally Posted By Mr X

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GoK0539Gl4&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...embedded</a>

Screw each and every one of them!

Vote them all out and start over...that, truly, is our ONLY chance!

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

>>Vote them all out and start over...that, truly, is our ONLY chance!<<

I wish you'd explain to me how that would make a shred of difference. There are plenty more where Dodd came from, and they're all just itchin' to take those corporate donations and run.

 

Originally Posted By DAR

As much as I would like that to happen the reality is it would never take.

 

Originally Posted By Darkbeer

<a href="http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations/" target="_blank">http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-...iations/</a>

 

Originally Posted By pecos bill

It would take a full scale revolution to clean up the filthy politicians in this country.
If the average American understood the full extent of the corruption that is so rampant in our political system, there probably would be a revolt.
Why does anyone aspire to politics, is it grand ideals, or the lure of wealth from corporate kickbacks?
Most of them are nothing more than parasitic bloodsuckers, draining the quality of life and vitality from the greater population of this nation.

 

Originally Posted By fkurucz

<<If the average American understood the full extent of the corruption that is so rampant in our political system, there probably would be a revolt.>>

But as long as there was a steady paycheck, the 401(k) balance grew and the house appreciated at double digit rates it was all good and we all collectively looked the other way.

 

Originally Posted By pecos bill

Hey, as long as you feed the cattle, they wont stampede.

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

BTW ... we gonna vote Al Franken out?

Just wondering.

 

Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795

I say Al can stay...I like him.

 

Originally Posted By DAR

If he's as good a politician as he was a comedian then he'll be voted out his first term.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

>>>Why does anyone aspire to politics, is it grand ideals, or the lure of wealth from corporate kickbacks?<<<

well I got into political science for the former, and thankfully I know a lot of politicians that did too.

 

Originally Posted By Sport Goofy

Here's my problem with the "vote them all out" rhetoric. It's meaningless to 99% of the voters. We're seeing evidence of that in the polling for 2010. There is a strong anti-incumbent sentiment among voters right now. What does this mean for the 2010 elections? It means that there is going to be a significant shift of seats from Democrats to Republicans. Is that because the same polls show that voters believe Republicans are any better? No. In fact, these polls indicate that voters blame Republicans for most of the troubles that the country is in right now. However, at the ballot box next November, these same voters would rather show their anger and eject an incumbent for a candidate that they believe will cause more harm to the country. It's a Catch-22 situation. You oust the incumbents from one party and have to deal with the ilk from the opposition party.

Of course, I honestly believe that most politicians in Washington see the handwriting on the wall -- conditions in this country are likely to get much worse before they get better. I doubt either party has much enthusiasm to be in control for the next several years. They'd rather just keep things in a state of quagmire where nothing gets done so that no one can really get the blame for the looming mess ahead.

 

Originally Posted By fkurucz

Get ready for stimulous checks coming your way this year. Nothing like a bribe to win votes. We will be told that now its "our turn".

 

Originally Posted By Sport Goofy

There will be no more stimulus this year. The last one was too controversial.

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

>> There is a strong anti-incumbent sentiment among voters right now. What does this mean for the 2010 elections?<<

Nothing. All the research on this phenomenon says that when the average Amurcan says "vote the bums out," they mean all the bums except for *their* bum. So very few actually get voted out.

 

Originally Posted By Sport Goofy

^^
The polling isn't following the research right now. We'll see how it actually turns out.

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

<-------- still has faith that the wingnuts will not be able to help publicly displaying their boundless ignorance, thus totally screwing this up.

 

Originally Posted By DouglasDubh

Keep hope alive! Truth is, the Democrats ran in 2006 and 2008 promising to be more competent and less corrupt than the Republicans were. Now that they're actually in power, everyone can see they're neither.

 

Originally Posted By Sport Goofy

They're no Tom Delay, that's for sure!

 

Originally Posted By DouglasDubh

Yes. They're much worse.